This week on Network World Fusion, 10/20/03

1) Microsoft begins to flesh out ambitious management platform 2) HP, other vendors bolster utility computing product plans via acquisitions 3) Feature: CSI – Lost e-mails 4) Sector Spotlight: Real-time survival 5) Review: NetWare 6.5 6) Product Peek: SyslogAnalyzer 2.0 7) Review: Exchange Server 2003, Outlook 2003 8) Security notes: Passwords – seven virtues, seven sins 9) Technology Update: XKMS does the heavy work of PKI 10) Management Strategies: Language lessons 11) Server management tools grow up 12) Case study: Bear Stearns is bullish on VoIP 13) Long-haul ‘fiber glut’ persists 14) Wireless Notes: Tales from the WLAN tour 15) Proposed provisioning technology set to go 16) IBM racing ahead with component strategy 17) Enterasys, Netgear target SMB networks 18) Management Notes: Baby steps

1) EMC/Documentum deal highlights storage evolution

2) Food maker mixes simple ingredients in IT shop

3) What users want from Linux

4) Special Section: Business Continuity – Giving it roots

6) Anatomy of a security audit

7) Review: Cisco’s Catalyst 6500 raises the stakes

8) Wireless Wizards: Why do only three channels overlap?

9) Nutter’s Help Desk: Controlling spam

10) Group tries to steer utility computing

11) IP Centrex rides managed-services wave

12) Technology Update: IP Centrex reduces telephony costs

13) Management Strategies: Bidding down

14) General Datacomm resurfaces

15) Sprint beefs up SLAs on data services

16) ISPs ratcheting up their anti-spam efforts

17) Users demand single spec for ID management

18) Vendors bolster anti-spam packages

1) EMC/Documentum deal highlights storage evolution 

Companies looking for ways to better track and manage an ever-expanding amount of digital information should pay close attention to EMC’s planned acquisition of Documentum as the lines between storage and content management continue to blur.

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2) Food maker mixes simple ingredients in IT shop

Henry David Thoreau’s adage ‘simplify, simplify’ is more than a saying at food giant General Mills; it’s a religion.

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3) What users want from Linux

Enhanced system management capabilities, better security, support for third-party drivers and more unity among the various distributions top user wish lists when it comes to Linux.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1020linux.html

4) Special Section: Business Continuity – Giving it roots

Everybody knows that bad things can happen to good systems. In the most-prepared companies, all employees take part in business-continuity plans. In this special report, we examine trends and techniques for comprehensive preparedness.

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6) Anatomy of a security audit

Professional auditor Shawn Bernard of Networks Unlimited exposes risks overlooked by the IT staff of a New England medical center.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2003/1020audit.html

7) Review: Cisco’s Catalyst 6500 raises the stakes

Cisco might be a relative latecomer to 10G Ethernet switching, but it’s hardly playing catch-up.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/1020cisco10gbe.html

8) Wireless Wizards: Why do only three channels overlap?

The Wizards crack the riddle of why, on 802.11b networks, only three of the 11 channels overlap.

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9) Nutter’s Help Desk: Controlling spam

Ron Nutter helps a user whose management wants an anti-spam solution that is “100% successful with no false positives.”

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1020nutter.html

10) Group tries to steer utility computing

The creators of a proposed data-center standard say their efforts could help remove obstacles in the way of IT executives trying to build utility-based computing infrastructures.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1020data.html

11) IP Centrex rides managed-services wave

While carriers have been slow to launch this hosted telephony option, IP Centrex is seen as delivering more benefits than traditional Centrex or PBXs for less.

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12) Technology Update: IP Centrex reduces telephony costs

Hosted service lets enterprise users save on operational and capital expenditures, and reap the benefits of next-generation voice-over-IP services.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/1020techupdate.html

13) Management Strategies: Bidding down

Online techniques for purchasing IT goods and services save companies time and money.

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14) General Datacomm resurfaces

General Datacomm, once a leading WAN equipment supplier to carriers, recently launched a new line of enterprise WAN gear as part of its comeback bid from its 2001 bankruptcy.

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15) Sprint beefs up SLAs on data services

Sprint is streamlining service-level agreements for its global IP, ATM and frame relay data services to offer users more choices and stronger guarantees.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1020carrsprint.html

16) ISPs ratcheting up their anti-spam efforts

As the spam epidemic continues to worsen, ISPs are taking on a more leading role in trying to stop unwanted e-mail from reaching corporate networks and consumer in-boxes.

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17) Users demand single spec for ID management 

Corporate executives are demanding convergence of competing federated identity management specifications, making the developers of those specifications feel the heat. But the standoff eventually could hurt end users.

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18) Vendors bolster anti-spam packages

More anti-spam vendors are expanding their offerings beyond blocking unwanted e-mail, as FrontBridge Technologies promotes its disaster-recovery services and MailFrontier adds fraud protection to its anti-spam software.

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